Curriculum 2.0, is it too easy?

[Anonymous]

ES : A
P : B
I : C
N : D
: F


No one fails anymore. Touchy feel good

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous.

Just visited my son's 1st grade class yesterday.

A lot of children (like mine) know the stuff already and act out because they are bored.
Some children struggle to master content because they get distracted by the kids who are bored.
And the poor teacher (who is a good teacher and I like her) can't differentiate the curriculum adequately, with 27 kids in the class plus an aide in the morning.

I wanted to like the public school system so much! We are in Bethesda, a 3 minute walk from the ES.

But regretfully it is not working for my son. He is wasting his time 100%.

This is exactly how I feel and we have only just begun K. My DD did her homework in 15 minutes tonight (the entire homework packet. She whizzed through it--minus the nature walk we have to take). Even the "extra credit" worksheet given in the packet seem fairly easy for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous.

Just visited my son's 1st grade class yesterday.

A lot of children (like mine) know the stuff already and act out because they are bored.
Some children struggle to master content because they get distracted by the kids who are bored.
And the poor teacher (who is a good teacher and I like her) can't differentiate the curriculum adequately, with 27 kids in the class plus an aide in the morning.

I wanted to like the public school system so much! We are in Bethesda, a 3 minute walk from the ES.

But regretfully it is not working for my son. He is wasting his time 100%.

This is exactly how I feel and we have only just begun K. My DD did her homework in 15 minutes tonight (the entire homework packet. She whizzed through it--minus the nature walk we have to take). Even the "extra credit" worksheet given in the packet seem fairly easy for her.

And how long do you think a 5 year old should be spending on homework? Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I ordered some math workbooks, and my son takes them to school. Does those exercises after his easy math 2.0 slow moving stuff (1-2 months per topic, come on'!!). Half the class is proficient in 2 weeks but they repeat it all for 6 weeks in order to let whomever 'catch up'.

Oh, and the group work IS just like the "real world" - you have the freeloaders, the ones trying to learn, and the ones actually getting stuff done. But unlike the 'real world', no one gets fired or a poor review.

That is pathetic.

talk about setting your son up for nerdhood

Not the PP, but nerdhood? Really? Like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates and the other math and science entrepreneurs in this country? Yup, totally pathetic.

I'm sure the kid is so happy bringing to class an extra book.

NO - he won't stand out.

ridiculous

Is it any wonder we're fucking up another generation of kids?

[Anonymous]

a few people on my street have tutors once a week to make sure their child is learning more. and they pay a heck of a lot more than the people highlighted in the Bethesda Magazine hiring tutors!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I ordered some math workbooks, and my son takes them to school. Does those exercises after his easy math 2.0 slow moving stuff (1-2 months per topic, come on'!!). Half the class is proficient in 2 weeks but they repeat it all for 6 weeks in order to let whomever 'catch up'.

Oh, and the group work IS just like the "real world" - you have the freeloaders, the ones trying to learn, and the ones actually getting stuff done. But unlike the 'real world', no one gets fired or a poor review.

That is pathetic.

talk about setting your son up for nerdhood

Better than sitting there picking your nose while your classmates "catch up" and "learn" that 40 is greater than 30 all hour! Really, sitting there counting shapes out to understand numbers at age 5? China must be LTAO.
Definetly more fun than being set up for a livelihood as a beach bum, I'll say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ES : A
P : B
I : C
N : D
: F


No one fails anymore. Touchy feel good

No, it's:

ES: A
P: B,C
I: D
N:F

The distinction that has been lost is between B and C, i.e a high proficient and a low proficient.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a surrogate ABCDEF system. Does it matter your assignment? We'll change it back down the road.

[Anonymous]

And how long do you think a 5 year old should be spending on homework? Sheesh.

Sheesh, 5 milliseconds. Torture is unethical and illegal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ES : A
P : B
I : C
N : D
: F


No one fails anymore. Touchy feel good

No, it's:

ES: A
P: B,C
I: D
N:F

The distinction that has been lost is between B and C, i.e a high proficient and a low proficient.

Neither of these is correct. On a math test, getting 100% is a P. Under the old system, that would have been an A.

[Anonymous]

I just want to interject as reasonably as I can that Montgomery County does need to educate all of its students as well as it can. It's possible that the old system worked better for the few kids at the very top, and it's possible their mothers are disproportionately represented on this board. But it is really not the county's problem if you want your kindergartener to do 2 hours of challenging homework at night or your 4th grader to be taking algebra. And it's also not the county's problem that you paid a million dollars for your house because you heard it was the best school system ever, and now you find that in fact the school system has to educate all the other kids in the county too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just want to interject as reasonably as I can that Montgomery County does need to educate all of its students as well as it can. It's possible that the old system worked better for the few kids at the very top, and it's possible their mothers are disproportionately represented on this board. But it is really not the county's problem if you want your kindergartener to do 2 hours of challenging homework at night or your 4th grader to be taking algebra. And it's also not the county's problem that you paid a million dollars for your house because you heard it was the best school system ever, and now you find that in fact the school system has to educate all the other kids in the county too.

I think this is pretty well put.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just want to interject as reasonably as I can that Montgomery County does need to educate all of its students as well as it can. It's possible that the old system worked better for the few kids at the very top, and it's possible their mothers are disproportionately represented on this board. But it is really not the county's problem if you want your kindergartener to do 2 hours of challenging homework at night or your 4th grader to be taking algebra. And it's also not the county's problem that you paid a million dollars for your house because you heard it was the best school system ever, and now you find that in fact the school system has to educate all the other kids in the county too.

But it may be county's problem if the top students start exiting towards private or Northern Virginia.
Actually it is not difficult to educate top, bottom or middle with a good system. The current problem is "ignoring the top students".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just want to interject as reasonably as I can that Montgomery County does need to educate all of its students as well as it can. It's possible that the old system worked better for the few kids at the very top, and it's possible their mothers are disproportionately represented on this board. But it is really not the county's problem if you want your kindergartener to do 2 hours of challenging homework at night or your 4th grader to be taking algebra. And it's also not the county's problem that you paid a million dollars for your house because you heard it was the best school system ever, and now you find that in fact the school system has to educate all the other kids in the county too.

But it may be county's problem if the top students start exiting towards private or Northern Virginia.
Actually it is not difficult to educate top, bottom or middle with a good system. The current problem is "ignoring the top students".

I am the pp, and I think this is an interesting question. Does the county care if some of its top students leave the system? This is not private school, so it's not like they are losing money if people leave. They get the tax dollars anyway. In fact, losing some kids would mean less overcrowded schools. True, it might mean fewer National Merit Scholars and such, but it seems like the county benefits more by increasing levels of proficiency overall than by maintaining a small number of superstar students.

[Anonymous]

Neither of these is correct. On a math test, getting 100% is a P. Under the old system, that would have been an A.

said by someone in authority...are you an mcps teacher...or a parrot? Don't you think that a student with an ES grade may also have scored 100% on a given test? In the old system 100% on a given test doesn't guarantee you an A!

Please do not spew rubbish.